Book description
A moving and extraordinary book about courage and survival, friendship and endurance - a portrait of ordinary women who faced the horror of the holocaust together.
On an icy morning in Paris in January 1943, a group of 230 French women resisters were rounded up from the Gestapo detention campsâŠ
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1 author picked A Train in Winter as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
This fascinating book follows 230 women, some more in-depth than others, who were imprisoned outside Paris for crimes of resistance activities. I began reading it as research and became captivated by the stories, especially the devotion the women developed for one another. I felt a deep connection to each of the prisoners as I climbed into their shoes, cheering for them to survive while fearing they would not. (The Appendix lists the 49 who survived if you want to know in advance. I didnât.) Itâs difficult to grasp what they endured over an unimaginable period of time. Just the sheerâŠ
From Susan's list on The best books on women during WW2.
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